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corporate finance

corporate finance

2 4.1
The decisions and plans a company makes about money and investments
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔːr.pə.rət faɪˈnæns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : finanzas corporativas
  • The corporate finance team evaluated various funding options for the company's expansion.
  • corporate finance division
  • corporate finance department
  • corporate finance investment

There's also a book on corporate finance that's on Amazon, and I have a new one coming out soon on statistics.

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Examples

  • The total payout models that we propose in this article have a foundation in corporate finance theory.

    Academic text (2017)
  • First, corporate finance theory teaches that stock prices can be expected to be efficient and act as information transmission mechanisms.

  • There are also a number of potential applications of information markets to corporate finance.

    Academic text (2005)
  • One of the current problems in corporate finance is delivering accurate information to the CEO so that she can decide which projects to fund.

    Academic text (2005)
  • It specializes in corporate finance, covering public offerings and advising on M&A activities.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Ronen worked as a supervisory analyst training government regulators, an accounting analyst, and a corporate finance analyst.

    Blog text (20)
  • The demand for work is highest in the areas of securities, corporate finance, venture capital, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, technology-related areas, telecommunications, and intellectual property.

    Academic text (1997)
  • At the 800-lawyer Latham & Watkins, where profits for 1996 were up 23 percent over 1995, the boom is biggest in the areas of corporate finance, telecommunications, and intellectual property, according to managing partner Robert M. Dell.

    Academic text (1997)
  • John Petersen is a U.S. lawyer based in Switzerland who works as a partner in the law firm of Fefer Petersen & Cie and focuses on corporate finance, due diligence, M&A advisory, and related consulting services for manufacturers.

    Blog text (13)
  • Bodie, Kane, and Marcus have a good introductory textbook on the subject, and you need to read Brealey and Myers on corporate finance as well if you are going to continue commenting in this vein.

    Blog text (5)

Synonyms

finance
vscorporate finance
169 3.6

The business of giving money to companies, projects, or people

focuses on companies funding strategies and investment decisions

How Specialized

corporate finance
  • Specialized
2 4.1
accounting
  • Specialized
199 3.2
bookkeeping
  • Specialized
26 3.0
finance
  • Specialized
244 3.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

corporate + finance

The meaning 'the area of finance dealing with corporations' is directly and compositionally derived from 'corporate' (relating to corporations) + 'finance' (financial activity). This straightforward noun phrase follows common compounding patterns cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Corporate finance comes from imagining a company as one person with a wallet: corporate means the whole company or 'body' and finance means handling 'money'. So, corporate finance is about managing a company's money, deciding how to spend, borrow, or invest for the whole company.